Augustus Owsley Stanley

Augustus Owsley Stanley (21 May 1867-12 August 1958) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-KY 2) from 4 March 1903 to 3 March 1915 (succeeding Henry Dixon Allen and preceding David Hayes Kincheloe), Governor of Kentucky from 7 December 1915 to 19 May 1919 (succeeding James B. McCreary and preceding James D. Black), and a US Senator from 19 May 1919 to 3 March 1925 (succeeding George B. Martin and preceding Frederic M. Sackett).

Biography
Augustus Owsley Stanley was born in Shelbyville, Kentucky in 1867, and he worked in education and as a lawyer before becoming one of William Jennings Bryan's presidential electors in 1900. Stanley served in the US House of Representatives from 1903 to 1915, as Governor from 1915 to 1919, and as Senator from 1919 to 1925, advocating for progressive reforms such as mine accident prevention, railroad regulation, a pure food and drug act, and an eight-hour work day. He was also responsible for the 1911 breakup of the American Tobacco Company after calling for an antitrust investigation in 1904, and he was also acclaimed for his investigation of US Steel. During his term as governor, he passed a state antitrust law, a campaign finance reform law, and a workman's compensation law. He retired in 1925 and died in 1958.